The Regional Editor, The Conversation Africa and an investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, has been released.
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS)arrested Soyinka at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos yesterday.
A distress message sent to The Punch by one of his friends stated that Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United Kingdom (UK).
The friend in the message said no reason was given for his arrest and Soyinka had been held incommunicado.
The message read: “Adejuwon Soyinka has been detained by officers of the Department of State Security at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.The incident happened around 5.40 am on Sunday, the 25th of August, 2024, shortly after he arrived in Nigeria via a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom.’’